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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | correspondence, similarity |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, affinity, alikeness, analogy, birds of a feather, carbon copy, carbon, clone, closeness, coincidence, comparability, comparison, conformity, counterpart, double, facsimile, image, kinship, like of, likeness, look-alike, parallel, parity, peas in a pod, ringer, sameness, semblance, simile, similitude, spitting image, two of a kind |
| Antonyms: | contrast, difference, dissimililarity, diversity |
| Main Entry: | analogy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, similarity |
| Synonyms: | affinity, alikeness, comparison, correlation, correspondence, equivalence, homology, likeness, metaphor, parallel, relation, relationship, resemblance, semblance, simile, similitude |
| Notes: | analogy is when two different things share characteristics that lead to a comparison between them; an analogue is one of the things compared |
| Antonyms: | disagreement, dissimilarity, unlikeness |
| Main Entry: | comparison |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contrasting; corresponding |
| Synonyms: | allegory, analogizing, analogy, analyzing, association, balancing, bringing together, collating, collation, comparability, connection, contrast, correlation, discrimination, distinguishing, dividing, estimation, example, exemplification, identification, illustration, juxtaposition, likeness, likening, measuring, metaphor, observation, opposition, paralleling, ratio, relating, relation, resemblance, segregation, separation, similarity, testing, weighing |
| Main Entry: | conformity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | correspondence, harmony |
| Synonyms: | accord, affinity, agreement, coherence, conformance, congruity, consistency, consonance, likeness, resemblance, similarity |
| Antonyms: | disagreement, discord, nonconformity |
| Main Entry: | correspondence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
| Synonyms: | accord, analogy, coherence, coincidence, comparability, comparison, concurrence, conformity, congruity, consistency, correlation, equivalence, fitness, harmony, likeness, match, regularity, relation, resemblance, similarity, symmetry |
| Antonyms: | difference, disagreement |
| Main Entry: | identity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | similarity, correspondence |
| Synonyms: | accord, agreement, congruence, congruity, empathy, equality, equivalence, identicalness, likeness, oneness, rapport, resemblance, sameness, selfsameness, semblance, similitude, unanimity, uniformity, unity |
| Antonyms: | difference, dissimilarity, opposition |
| Main Entry: | imitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | simulation, substitution |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, apery, aping, carbon copy, clone, copy, counterfeit, counterfeiting, counterpart, ditto*, dupe*, duplicate, duplication, echoing, ersatz*, fake, forgery, image, impersonation, impression, likeness, match, matching, mime, mimesis, mimicry, mirroring, mockery, parallel, paralleling, paraphrasing, parody, parroting, patterning, phony, picture, reflection, replica, representing, reproduction, resemblance, ringer, semblance, sham*, simulacrum, takeoff, transcription, travesty |
| Antonyms: | difference, opposite, original, reverse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | likeness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | correspondence in appearance; something that corresponds |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, affinity, agreement, alikeness, analogousness, analogy, appearance, carbon, clone, comparableness, comparison, conformity, copy, counterpart, dead ringer, delineation, depiction, ditto*, double, effigy, equality, equivalence, facsimile, form, guise, identicalness, identity, image, knock-off, lookalike, model, parallelism, photocopy, photograph, picture, portrait, replica, representation, reproduction, resemblance, sameness, semblance, similarity, simile, similitude, study, uniformity |
| Antonyms: | difference, dissimilarity, unlikeness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | parallel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complement, correlation |
| Synonyms: | analogue, analogy, comparison, corollary, correlate, correspondence, correspondent, counterpart, countertype, double, duplicate, duplication, equal, equivalent, homologue, kin*, likeness, match, parallelism, resemblance, similarity, twin |
| Antonyms: | difference, divergence, opposite, reverse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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